Hi friends, it’s been a while since I’ve updated you on my physical therapy.

It’s changed a big, some things are the same, then we added new. Is say new, like I have anything to do with it!

So…we started with heat, massage and electrodes using a Tens Unit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transcutaneous_electrical_nerve_stimulation.
I can tell you, there isn’t as much “wow” and “oh my!” When the massage is happening!

Then we added traction, laying there getting my neck pulled and released, pulled and released, so now we have heat, massage, electrodes and traction. Then we added a foam roller, now I have one at home, I really need to use it more, I also have a portable Tens Unit, that feels good when I use it.

Then we added ultrasound, so we have heat, ultrasound, massage, more heat, electrodes and traction (those two were in tandem, multitasking).

We have since discarded traction as I have a short neck, apparently, and kept sliding out of it. So…now we have heat, ultrasound, massage, electrodes and heat again (together), for twenty minutes (lions and tigers and bears, oh my!). Today we added resistance bands, (lat pulls and rows, standing and sitting) and doorway push ups, sort of.

And in answer to your unasked question, some days are better than others, I do know that when it am getting my neck and shoulders massaged, it does a number on my arm, then it goes away, I doubt it’s psychological just for being there! I don’t wear the braces anymore and I think that helped a lot.

Another update in a few weeks.